Hi CJ, My suggestion to you, would be this: If you are in the habit of performing routine maintenance on your computer, then include updating your security software, and scanning the computer during the maintenance. I do not allow any software to update or scan automatically on my systems. The reason for this is,that I don't know what I may be useing the computer for at any given time, and I do not want a program to decide to update, or run a scan, while I'm in the middle of a task. Now, having said that, if you still wish to schedule automatic scans, then your choices are limited as far as free programs go. Avast, anti-virus,free version, requires manual scans, as does the last version of Spy-bot search and destroy, anti-spyware. If you don't mind spending some money for security, you can get more options for automatic updating, and scanning. Along those lines, the best security suite I have had used in the past 3 years, is TrendMicro Internet Security 2006, and from what I understand, they will be supporting that version thru 2009. They hope to have a more screen-reader interface in the 2010 release. Keep in mind, that no 2 systems are the same, therefore not everyone will experience the exact same results. Eset Smart Security, will probably work well for most users, however, it did not seem to get along with my particular network configuration. Bit Defender, left me wondering what method I was supposed to use to navigate the interface and was removed from my system in pretty short order. Keep in mind also, that you generally get what you pay for. If I decide to purchase a suite again, it will be TrendMicro2006 I run a clean systemon both boxes, so I don't load alot of security software on them. A good security suite, will include a software firewall, anti-virus, anti spyware, and web-surfing protection. If you want more detailed info about any of the ones I have mentioned, give me a shout. HTH, Richard Q Justice-website owner www.blind-computing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "carla jo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "jaws" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:45 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] anti virus and spy program question
I need a good anti virus and spy ware program that I can set up to automatically run each day. The ones I've had in the past, meaning before my computer crash, were ones that my husband had to come in and look at, in other words, not jaws friendly. Which of the programs on the jaws users page would you recommend? Thanks for any and all opinions, that means you Rick. cj Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
